Gavman
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Noticed there hasn't been a new thread in a few days, discuss:msp_smile:
Fiskars x 27
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Cheesecutter
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Is there anything left to discuss concerning the X27?
deepsouth
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My X27 hasn't had any use since I got a wetterlings Splitting maul.
However it's not to say the x27 is bad, but for the big rounds at home with a splitting block I will use the Wetterlings.
For splitting in the scrub where I am cutting, I will use the X27 as the edge is easy to restore and if it chips on a rock, so be it. Also if timber is straight grained, I've found the x27 goes through it easy.
However it's not to say the x27 is bad, but for the big rounds at home with a splitting block I will use the Wetterlings.
For splitting in the scrub where I am cutting, I will use the X27 as the edge is easy to restore and if it chips on a rock, so be it. Also if timber is straight grained, I've found the x27 goes through it easy.
stihl023/5
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I use mine once and a while, its hard to not use the splitter.
Keyless Chuck
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I just got into wood burning/hoarding/splitting last winter. I started off reading these threads, ended up with two X27's and a X7. Was having fun for a while, trying to get a few years ahead with the wood. Was going good although slow, ended up buying a Huskee 22 ton splitter. Sure helped me catch up this summer, would have died out in this heat swinging the ax. I just started working on year #3 for my splits. Once the cold weather comes back around I plan on breaking out the X27 again for some exercise. Until then the splitter will have to do in this heat! :bulgy-eyes:I use mine once and a while, its hard to not use the splitter.
Same here. X27 is on summer vacation until September. Huskee 35-ton is getting workout now.
RiverRocket
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Fiskars x27 is over rated (JMO)
Try one of these....Choosing a Splitting Maul - Is Bigger Better? Ames True Temper Super Splitter - YouTube
Try one of these....Choosing a Splitting Maul - Is Bigger Better? Ames True Temper Super Splitter - YouTube
I've used mine a few times... (shrug)... I'm not jumping-with-joy impressed.
It worked real well splitting Silver Maple...
It worked real well splitting Silver Maple...
Big rounds on a splitting block? I can't lift my big rounds ONTO a splitting block.
oke:With very few exceptions, if it's too big for the X27, it gets noodled with the 064.
Not that the X27 is some kind of magic silver bullet, or that it sucks either. It's just how I roll... 
zogger
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..well..to be fair...never tried one short of picking one up in the store....only have used my original SS.
If I got another one, would rather try an x39.
If I got another one, would rather try an x39.
D&B Mack
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brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
I'm with KeylessChuck, vertical splitter works better in the summertime (don't hafta lift dem big rounds up on the block or the beam)
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The true temper super splitter is what I stated with, then moved on to an even lighter fiskars x27.
I just used the x27 the other day for grin n giggles. I have a couple of pine trees that have been down for more than a few years in an area I'm trying to landscape. Since the bark was still intact and most of the tree was off the ground, I figured why not. So I cut about a dozen rounds off the trunk to see if it was any good. The outside, once the bark came off showed lots of decay, but inside it seemed in pretty good shape. Well, the wood was soggy wet, but the fiskars did the job well. Not being one to waste, or at least waste an effort, I stacked it in the shed with the rest of the firewood, but in a stack of it's own because I doubt it will be dry by the time winter comes. And really, I have my doubts about it being good firewood being as soggy as it is meaning the resins will have long been washed out.
The True Temper is a good axe and if it gets stuck in a round, just drive it home with a sledge hammer. But, if the fiskars gets stuck, be prepared with a splitting wedge to help get it out. They both work well, but the fiskars is lighter and that is my go to axe.
FLHX Storm
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Why lift the round onto a splitting block? Just turn it to the flat side n split it!
Got my order a week or so ago and started a thread. http://www.arboristsite.com/firewood-heating-wood-burning-equipment/239399.htm
Haven't gotten the 36" one yet. Backordered. I'll start another thread just for you when it arrives.
Haven't gotten the 36" one yet. Backordered. I'll start another thread just for you when it arrives.
Keyless Chuck
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Fiskars Shovel?
Any love for the Fiskars shovel? Thinking about getting a new shovel, does this one do most of the work for me? Cut through the dirt like butter? :hmm3grin2orange:
Any love for the Fiskars shovel? Thinking about getting a new shovel, does this one do most of the work for me? Cut through the dirt like butter? :hmm3grin2orange:
Of course. It'll replace all those big "steam" shovels
People who are disappointed with the Fiskars are probably ones who expected it to replace Mauls and wede/sledge. It wasn't intended to do that and it doesn't do that.
Harry K
deepsouth
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I don't want to drive the wood into the ground. It's so wet here with winter rains that I dropped a steel star picket a metre over a retaining wall and it went a foot into the ground.
Also a better working height and my rounds are also racked. Also contains the mess and saves the grass and weeds.
FLHX Storm
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Ahhh, now I understand! And here I thought the perpetual rains we've been having here was bad. If I lived where y'all do, I would likely be doing the same as y'all.
Gavman
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Dosent look like it, maybe I should add a poll:msp_sad:
